stainless (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Without stains or spots (rare in this sense)II. Fig.1. intĕger, gra, grum2. pūrus3. incorruptus4. immăcŭlātus (poet.)5. intĕmĕrātus6. impollūtus7. pŭdīcus (chaste, pure) • stainless (adj.): I. Without stains or spots (rare in this sense): pūrus, sine notis, maculis, labe; nullis maculis distinctus, foedātus: v. clean, pure. II. Fig.: without disgrace or crime: 1. intĕger, gra, grum: of s. life, integer vitae, Hor. Od. 1, 22, 1. 2. pūrus: to keep the soul s., animam puram conservare, Cic. Verr. 3, 58, 134: v. pure. 3. incorruptus: of s. (incorruptible) integrity, inc. fide, Tac. A. 12, 41: s. virgin (chaste), inc. virgo, Cic. Or. 19, 64. 4. immăcŭlātus (poet.): Lucan 2, 736 (Tellus immaculata sui servetur sanguine Magni). 5. intĕmĕrātus: s. faith, int. fides, Virg. Aen. 2, 143: Tac. 6. impollūtus: v. unpolluted. 7. pŭdīcus (chaste, pure): s. Hippolytus, p. Hippolytus, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 25: a s. house, p. domus, Cic. Phil. 2, 3. See also chaste, pure.